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Andrew Talansky to lead strong Cannondale-Drapac team at the Vuelta a España

Andrew Talansky will lead the Cannondale-Drapac team at the Vuelta a España, which begins this Saturday in Ourense and will be supported by a strong team of climbers for his GC bid. Simon Clarke, Joe Dombrowski, Moreno Moser, Pierre Rolland, Ben King, Davide Formolo, Davide Villela, and Paddy Bevin complete the squad, which is capable of winning stages and...

Remarkable cycling photos from 1960 Olympics discovered in attic – Part 2

Dubliner Ronan Fox recently discovered a box of slides in his father’s attic which had been forgotten about for decades. Ronan subsequently digitised the slides and the photos that were revealed provided some great images from the bike races at the 1960 Olympics in Rome. We published the first set of the photos in a previous post. Ronan's father Seán...

Mikel Landa to miss out on Vuelta due to injury

Team Sky's Mikel Landa will miss this year's Vuelta a Espana after withdrawing from the team's lineup with an injury. Landa, who had been confirmed to race as part of the nine-man squad, told medical staff that he was experiencing discomfort after aggravating an injury to his hip. After an initial MRI scan was taken, the decision was made...

Yorkshire submits bid to host 2019 UCI Road World Championships

A bid to host the UCI Road World Championships in Yorkshire in 2019 has been submitted by Welcome to Yorkshire, with Chief Executive Gary Verity formally presenting the application to UCI President Brian Cookson. Welcome to Yorkshire’s bid was compiled in partnership with British Cycling and UK Sport, and the UK Government has guaranteed to underwrite the full cost of...

U23 British national road race champion Tao Geoghegan Hart signs for Team Sky

U23 British national road race champion Tao Geoghegan Hart is the latest new signing announced by Team Sky. The 21 year-old joins from Continental outfit Axeon Hagens Berman and is no stranger to the team, having raced in Team Sky colours as a stagiaire in 2015 at the Giro del Piemonte and Japan Cup. Geoghegan Hart has enjoyed a strong...

Philippe Gilbert signs contract with Etixx-Quick Step

Philippe Gilbert will depart BMC Racing after signing a contract with Belgian team Etixx-Quick Step. He becomes the fifth signing of the squad, following on from neo-pros Rémi Cavagna, Enric Mas and Maximilian Schachmann, who arrive from Klein Constantia, and the signing of Dries Devenyns. In addition to winning the World Road Race Championships in Valkenburg in 2012, Gilbert...

Owain Doull joins Team Sky

Team Sky announced today the signing of young British star Owain Doull. The 23 year old is fresh from a rousing gold medal ride in Rio with the Great Britain team pursuit squad, and will now be looking to carry that momentum onto the road. Doull achieved a breakthrough result last year while riding for the Wiggins team, claiming...

“My goal at the Vuelta is to fight for victory” – Alberto Contador

Alberto Contador (Tinkoff) is set to start the Vuelta a España in Ourense in a confident mood and is keen to overcome the disappointment from the Tour de France when he was forced out of the race after crashing heavily. "I think I'm well, but the good thing is that I am keen to go on the bike, which...

Tony Martin signs for Team Katusha

Team KATUSHA have announced the signing of three-time world time trial champion Tony Martin. The German TT champion has an impressive palmares including five stage wins in the Tour de France and overall wins in Paris-Nice, Eneco Tour, Tour of Belgium (three times), Tour of Algarve (twice), and the Tour of Beijing (twice) in addition to his three world...

Elia Viviani wins Olympic Omnium gold despite crash in Points race (VIDEO)

Italy's Elia Viviani has won gold in the Men's Omnium in Rio despite crashing in the final event - the 40-km Points race. Viviani had gone into the final event in the lead, but with a number of riders including Colombia's Fernando Gaviria and Great Britain's Mark Cavendish close behind the Team Sky rider. Unfortunately for Viviani, he was knocked to...

Former Irish Cycling Champion Julian Dalby trains with Conor McGregor (VIDEO)

Former Irish Road Race Champion Julian Dalby has appeared in an episode of Embedded, a series about the upcoming mixed martial arts event which will feature fellow Dubliner and UFC Featherweight Champion Conor McGregor take on former lightweight title challenger Nate Diaz. Dalby can be seen helping McGregor work on his endurance by going for a 50-minute evening cycle in...

US Champion Greg Daniel signs two-year contract with Trek-Segfredo

US National Champion Greg Daniel has signed for Trek-Segafredo on a two-year contract, the WorldTour team has announced. The 21 year-old currently rides for Axeon Hagens Berman, having first joined Axel Merckx's development programme in 2013 with Bontrager where he rode alongside Trek-Segafredo's Jasper Stuyven. "I have been dreaming of an opportunity to race on a World Tour team,...

“I’ve got the taste for the Olympics now” – Shannon McCurley Impresses in Rio

Irish rider Shannon McCurley finished fourth in the repechage of the Keirin on the third day of track racing in the Olympic Games, with the winner progressing to the next round. Having placed fifth in the heats shortly beforehand, McCurley gave the performance of her life in the repechage, accelerating fast in the last half lap, finishing within 0.268...

“They are ruining our sport” – Matt Brammeier calls out motorbikes for pacing riders

Irish rider Matt Brammeier (Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka) has taken to Twitter to express his frustration at the positioning of motorbikes in races. He directed the tweet to UCI President as he asked: "So boys, what can we do about these motorbikes pacing breaks & the peleton? They are ruining our sport. @BrianCooksonUCI can you help us?" Brammeier is...

Dutch rider shows amazing skill to stay upright in Olympic keirin (VIDEO)

Dutch rider Laurine van Riessen showed some incredible skill during her heat of the Keirin at the Olympics in Rio today after she was pushed up the track towards the barrier by French rider Virginie Cueff. The former skater had to ride on the advertising hoardings as Cueff pushed her to the very edge of the track. However, in a...

European Road Championships to take place in Plumelec-Morbihan

Following on from the recent announcement that the city of Nice would no longer be hosting the 2016 Road Cycling European Championships due to security concerns, the Union Européenne de Cyclisme Management Board (UEC) have announced that the event will now take place Plumelec- Morbihan in Brittany. The races will take place as initially scheduled from 14 to 18...

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